κατωβλέπων
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κᾰτώβλεπον (katṓblepon), κᾰτῶβλεψ (katôbleps)
Etymology
Substantive masculine present active participle of κατωβλέπω (katōblépō, “to look downwards”), from κᾰ́τω (kátō, “downwards”) + βλέπω (blépō, “look”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.tɔː.blé.pɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.toˈble.pon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.toˈβle.pon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.toˈvle.pon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.toˈvle.pon/
Noun
κᾰτωβλέπων • (katōblépōn) m (genitive κᾰτωβλέποντος); third declension
- one looking down, down-looker
- the name of an African animal
Declension
Third declension of ὁ κᾰτωβλέπων; τοῦ κᾰτωβλέποντος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κᾰτωβλέπων ho katōblépōn | τὼ κᾰτωβλέποντε tṑ katōbléponte | οἱ κᾰτωβλέποντες hoi katōblépontes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κᾰτωβλέποντος toû katōblépontos | τοῖν κᾰτωβλεπόντοιν toîn katōblepóntoin | τῶν κᾰτωβλεπόντων tôn katōblepóntōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κᾰτωβλέποντῐ tôi katōbléponti | τοῖν κᾰτωβλεπόντοιν toîn katōblepóntoin | τοῖς κᾰτωβλέπουσῐ / κᾰτωβλέπουσῐν toîs katōblépousi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κᾰτωβλέποντᾰ tòn katōbléponta | τὼ κᾰτωβλέποντε tṑ katōbléponte | τοὺς κᾰτωβλέποντᾰς toùs katōblépontas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰτωβλέπον katōblépon | κᾰτωβλέποντε katōbléponte | κᾰτωβλέποντες katōblépontes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- (perhaps) Latin: catōblepas
References
- “κατωβλέπων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κατωβλέπων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette